Edmond Simeoni
Personal details
Born(1934-08-06)6 August 1934
Corte, Corsica
Died14 December 2018(2018-12-14) (aged 84)
Ajaccio, Corsica

Edmond Simeoni (6 August 1934 – 14 December 2018)[1] was a Corsican doctor, politician and nationalist. He was the brother of Max Simeoni, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and father of Gilles Simeoni.[2][3][4]

Simeoni, together with his brother Max, were the leaders of the Aleria siege, which started the modern Corsican nationalism.[5]

Biography

Simeoni was born 6 August 1934 in Corte, Corsica.[6] His father was Ferdinand Simeoni, who was the mayor of Lozzi. He grew up in Francardu and graduated at the Bastia High School. He studied medicine and specialized in gastroenterology.[7]

Simeoni relocated in Bastia and practiced medicine there for several years. He died on 14 December 2018 at Ajaccio, Corsica. Thousands of Corsicans attended his funeral and a tribute that lasted for three days.[8] At the time of his death, he was considered the most prominent Corsican political figure in the past 50 years.[9]

Activism

Edmond and Max Simeoni participated in the elections during the 1960s without much success.[10] They then founded the Action Regionaliste Corse in 1967.[11] The organization was banned in 1973 but was revived as the Azzione per a Rinascita Corsa (Action for a Reborn Corsica, ARC).[11] Two years later, the Simeoni brothers led a group of 50 ARC militants and took over a French wine depot in Aleria.[11]

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References

  1. ^ "Edmond Simeoni vient de s'éteindre à l'hôpital d'Ajaccio". Corse Matin. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Le père du nationalisme corse, Edmond Simeoni, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ "À Lozzi, la Corse réunie pour les obsèques d'Edmond Simeoni". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ Match, Paris. "Le nationaliste corse Edmond Simeoni, père de Gilles Simeoni, est mort". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ Kindersley, Dorling (2012). Top 10 Corsica. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7566-9401-2.
  6. ^ Lavezzi, Ghjiseppu (2018). Corse : Vertiges de l'honneur: L'Âme des Peuples (in French). Nevicata. ISBN 978-2-512-01011-1.
  7. ^ "Dr. Edmond Simeoni – fervent defender of Corsica". Let's talk about Corsica. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Bastia : la mémoire et l'engagement d'Edmond Simeoni célébrés à l'église Saint-Roch". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "La vie d'Edmond Simeoni, figure du nationalisme corse, racontée en BD". Franceinfo (in French). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ^ Watson, Michael (2013). Contemporary Minority Nationalism. Oxon: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 0415000653.
  11. ^ a b c McGarry, John; McGarry, Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy John (2001). Northern Ireland and the Divided World: Post-Agreement Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-19-829633-9.
  12. ^ « La Fondation Coppieters honore Edmond Simeoni : Une vie consacrée à la paix », sur Corse Net Infos, 24 November 2018
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